Chami v Lane Cove Council (No 2)

Land and Environment Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Chami v Lane Cove Council (No 2) [2015] NSWLEC 1206 Hearing dates:27 May 2015Date of orders: 15 June 2015 Decision date: 15 June 2015 Jurisdiction:Class 1Before: Moore SC Decision: See orders at ( …….) and directions at (….) below Catchwords: APPLICATION TO REOPEN Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Land and Environment Court Act 1979 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Autodesk Inc and Another v Dyason and Others [No 2] [1993] HCA 6; (1993) 176 CLR 300 Chami v Lane Cove Council [2015] NSWLEC 1003 Pollock v Hicks [2015] NSWCA 122 Ross v Lane Cove Council [2012] NSWLEC 1364 Single v Van Motman [2015] NSWLEC 1133 Category:Procedural and other rulingsParties: Sarab Chami (Applicant) Lane Cove Council (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr R Ross, agent (Applicant) Mr S Griffiths, solicitor (Respondent) Solicitors: N/A (Applicant) Pikes and Verekers Lawyers (Respondent File Number(s):10398 of 2014JudgmentIntroduction SENIOR COMMISSIONER: On 6 May 2015, Mr Ross, in his role as agent for Ms Chami, filed a Notice of Motion seeking changes to a number of matters that had been required to be undertaken by Ms Chami as a consequence of determinations set out in my preliminary determination in this matter (Chami v Lane Cove Council [2015] NSWLEC 1003 – hereafter referred to as Chami v Lane Cove). On the return date set for that Notice of Motion, 15 May, I advised Mr Ross, consistent with the approach of treating...